Synopsis: Over two nights 'The 100 Greatest Sporting Moments' counts down from 100 to 1 the finest moments of sporting excellence as voted for by Channel Four viewers.
The programme tells the tales behind the sporting images that are indelibly burnt onto our collective memory. Sportsmen and women whose achievements live on well past the day when they hung up their boots tell us what it was like to be at the eye of the storm with the world's eyes upon them. Fans and coaches cheering from the sidelines give us their own perspective.
And we hear the stories of those watching at home, for whom a moment of sporting action which took place maybe hundreds of miles away has special meaning.
The show reaches its climax as we reveal the moment of sporting endeavour which Channel Four viewers have voted as the greatest ever.
51 Archie Gemmill's brilliant goal for Scotland v Holland - 11 June 1978
For a moment after Gemmill's breath-taking goal it looked as if Ally McLeaod's Scotland were in with a chance of making the second stage of a major tournament.. for a moment it did anyway
52 Arsenal 3 Manchester Utd 2 - 12 May 1979 Wembley Stadium
The cup final with a twist in the tail. United pull back two goals but with a second to go, the exhausted Arsenal team find the extra reserves of energy to score the winner
53 Carl Lewis wins 4 gold medals in one Olympics - August 1984
Clean-cut American hero Lewis emulates the feat of his boyhood hero Jesse Owens
54 Nadia Comeneci 'perfect 10' - Montreal Olympics July 1976
You wait 80 years for a perfect score in Olympic gymnastics and then five come along at once, thanks to the 14 year old Romanian
55 Dennis Law's backheel relegates Man Utd - 27 April 1974 Old Trafford
Instinctive backheel by less than chuffed United legend now playing for Manchester City consigns his United ex-team-mates to the Second Division
56 Rivals Coe v Ovett in Moscow - 26 July + 1 August 1980
Hague's judo partner Coe and bad boy Ovett rub each other up the wrong way and win each other's preferred distances
57 The Tartan Army take over Wembley - 4 June 1977 Wembley Stadium
and sit on the crossbar until it breaks
58 Our 'Enry puts Cassius Clay on the canvas - Wembley 18 June 1963
Cooper has Clay on the deck and victory in his nostrils. Clay's corner stall for time fussing over a 'split' glove and The Greatest collects his powers to give the English hopeful a bloody beating
59 Stuart Pearce celebrates his penalty revenge in Euro 96 - 22 June 1996 Wembley
Chest out, shoulders back and mad wordless screaming directed at no one in particular Pearce exorcises the demons of his penalty miss against West Germany six years earlier
60 Liverpool win the European Cup for the first time - 25 May 1977
Bob Paisley's team finishes the job Shanky had started with a crucial goal coming from the head of Anfield-born and bred hard nut Tommy Smith
61 Aldaniti and Bob Champion win the Grand National - 4 April 1981 Aintree
Jockey Bob Champion overcomes cancer to win on the previously crippled Aldaniti
62 Emil Zatopek wins marathon, 5000m and 10000m in a week - Helsinki July 1952
His running style looked like he was always on the point of collapse, which he probably was after winning the three toughest track events within a week
63 Black Power Salute at the 200m Olympic medal ceremony - Mexico Olympics 16 October 1968
Heads bowed and black-gloved fists raised skywards, medallists Tommie Smith and John Carlos cause a furore with their protest about inequality and injustice in the US
64 Nigel Mansell's blow out costs him the Formula One Championship - 26 October 1986 Australian Grand Prix
And look at that!. that is Nigel Mansell! Murray Walker - a flat tyre is a pain at the best of times but this was ridiculous
65 Van de Velde's last hole collapse - 17 July 1999 Carnoustie
Generally when a sportsman or woman takes off their shoes and socks and stands ankle-deep in water, it's a sign that all's not gone entirely to plan
66 Bob Beamon smashes the long jump world record - Mexico Olympics 18 October 1968
The enormous leap in the thin air of Mexico which decimated the world record and remained unbroken for 23 years
67 Australia v South African World Cup semi-final - Edgbaston 17 June 1999
Possibly the greatest cricket team ever prevail in probably the most exciting finish in the history of One-Day Cricket
68 Eddie the Eagle goes over the top - Calgary Winter Olympics 19 February 1988
He soars briefly.. then plummets from a great height almost as if he actually was a short-sighted plasterer from Cheltenham and not an Olympic class sportsman at all
69 Real Madrid 7 Frankfurt 3 - 18 May 1960 Glasgow
Said by many to be the greatest exhibition of football ever - the young Alex Ferguson watching in the crowd was impressed
70 Mandela wears South African rugby shirt - 24 June 1995, Rugby World Cup Semi-Final, Cape Town
A moment of massive symbolic importance and forgiveness as President Mandela dons the green shirt of the once-hated Springboks
71 Villeneuve and Arnoux's wheel to wheel battle in the French Grand Prix - 1 July 1979 Dijon-Prenois, France
Epic wheel to wheel, brake-crunching, tyre-sliding dogfight where Villeneuve's stubborn belief that his slower Ferrari could beat Arnoux's faster Renault was rewarded in the most exciting race for second place in the history of motor sport
72 Goalie Jimmy Glass's last minute goal keeps Carlisle in the league - 8 May 1999 Brunton Park, Carlisle
Maverick on-loan keeper moves up into attack to score the 95th minute winner that saves Carlisle's bacon
73 John Curry wins Olympic figure skating gold - Winter Olympics 11 February 1976 Innsbruck
.. and introduces the lutz, salchow and axel into pub conversation
74 Jeremy Guscott's drop kick Lions v South Africa - Durban 28 June 1997
Against the run of play, the up-to-that-point-anonymous Guscott fires home the opportunistic drop goal that wins the test series for any British Lions with a match to spare
75 John Barnes' dribble and goal - England v Brazil 10 June 1984
20 year old Barnes bamboozles Brazil to score the Brazilian-style goal that was to become a millstone round his neck for the rest of his International career
76 Derek Redmond's Dad helps his injured son finish the Olympic 400m semi-final - Barcelona 3 August 1992
With his son contorted in agony with a snapped hamstring, Derek's Dad helps him round the track in school sports day style so at least he can say he finished the race
77 England hold on in the dark to win an away series in Pakistan - Karachi 11 December 2000
Pakistan try every trick in the book to prevent a result before nightfall but with all daylight gone, rejuvenated England hold on to win an away series in Pakistan for the first time for decades
78 Pat Cash wins Wimbledon and climbs through the stands - 5 July 1987
Plain speaking Aussie cuts through All England Club stuffiness to share his moment of triumph
79 Cambridge sink during 1978 University Boat Race - 25 March
The reason why people watch the boat race - to see posh people sink
80 Ricky Villa's FA Cup Final goal - Spurs v Man City Wembley 14 May 1981
Bearded Argentinean star twists the Man City defence to breaking point to chalk up the best Cup Final goal ever
81 Cathy Freeman's 400m gold - Sydney 25 September 2000
Aussie icon takes off her hood and cries with relief that she has achieved the win that the nation expected
82 Virginia Wade wins Wimbledon - 1 July 1977
A British tennis triumph in Jubilee year (although the Queen herself is said to have been seen leafing through Horse and Hound magazine at match point)
83 Ben Johnson breaks 100m record and becomes Olympic champion - 24 September 1988
not for long though
84 The Stanley Matthews Cup Final Blackpool v Bolton Wembley 2 May 1953
Veteran winger Matthews turns the game to finally win an FA Cup Winners Medal
85 Mary Peters wins Olympic Pentathlon Gold Munich 2 + 3 September 1972
The Belfast athlete wins Olympic gold at her third attempt by one tenth of a second in the final event
86 Giant killers Sunderland beat Leeds FA Cup Final Wembley 5 May 1973
Cue Manager Bob Stokoe galloping onto pitch in tight red tracksuit trousers, flasher's mac and trilby
87 Don Bradman's final test innings 14 August 1948 England v Australia The Oval
Needing just four in his final test innings to ensure a batting average of 100, The Don was bowled second ball for a duck and had to settle for an average of just the 99.94
88 Martina Navratilova wins her 9th Wimbledon title 7 July 1990 Centre court Wimbledon
. and breaks Helen Wills Moody's record for singles wins at the All England Club
89 Bert Trautman plays on with a broken neck 5 May 1956 FA Cup Final
Ex POW Trautman didn't realise the terrible pain in his neck was because it was broken until days after the game
90 Denise Lewis wins Olympic Heptathlon Gold - 23 + 24 September 2000 Australia
Gutsy, injury-conquering display by Lewis holding off the world's best all-rounders to win gold
91 Devon Malcolm demolishes South Africa 20 August 1994 The Oval
South African bowlers live to regret hitting erratic fast bowler Malcolm on the head when he was batting. You guys are history he growls and bowls out nine of them in an afternoon
92 Shane Warne first Ashes ball - England v Australia, Old Trafford 1993
Shane Warnes's magic spinning first Ashes ball bowls Gatting
93 Zola Budd and Mary Decker collide in 3,000m final 11 August 1984 LA Olympics
Tears and accusations on the track as the bare-foot Budd is booed by the partisan US crowd while their heroine Decker lies trackside bawling like a baby
94 Rene Higuita's Scorpian kick England v Columbia , Wembley 6 September 1995
Outrageous back flip save that provoked a hundred schoolboy injuries among those keen to emulate it on concrete school playgrounds
95 Arthur Ashes wins Wimbledon 5 July 1975, Centre Court Wimbledon
Rank outsider Ashe devised a plan to defuse Connors' power - by taking all the pace off the ball and giving Connors nothing to hit back. By the time Jimbo knew what was happening he was two sets down and on the way to an unexpected defeat
96 Don Fox's missed penalty in the rugby cup final 11 May 1968 Wembley Stadium
After fluffing a simple conversion to win the game, Fox sinks to his knees, the final whistle blows and Eddie Waring utters the immortal words 'He missed it the poor lad'
97 Ronnie Radford's FA Cup thunderbolt - Hereford Utd v Newcastle Utd 5 February 1972 Edgar Street, Hereford
Cue dozens of delirious youths clad in snorkel parkas dancing with delight on a mud patch pitch in an incident described as the most 70s moment of all time
98 Flo Jo winning 100m gold - Seoul Olympics 24 September 1988
Red, white, blue and gold painted finger nails raised skyward, Florence Griffiths-Joyner returns from virtual retirement to win the first of her 4 medals in the 1988 games
99 Duncan Goodhew wins Olympic Gold July 1980 Moscow
and becomes the first swimmer to cross over into Blankety Blank territory
100 Naseem Hamed v Kevin Kelley - Madisson Square Garden, New York 19 August 1997
Hamed's first fight in the USA Hamed bounces back from an early knockdown to confound his American critics by nailing New Yorker Kelley in the fourth